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11-28-2010, 07:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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|  ~~ Storm's 'Pinched" Losi Micro with oil filled shocks ~~
Decided to get with the program and get a Losi Micro Crawler and found a un-molested used one on Ebay for a song. I have to admit I wasn't sure if it would keep my attention for very long. The Losi Micro section here on RCC was a huge help with so many great builds and info threads. Thanks to you all. Here's my micro rig. "Pinch" Chassis by SVEN ecoli Truggy Cage Hitec HS-65MG Servo Hot Racing Aluminum Center Trans Case (not the gear cover) RC4WD Rox Loxs on BDW Vertex Micro-Locks RC4WD Rock Crushers and Pressed Steel Wheels Micro T Springs ~ Rear set (red/r white/f) Flightmax Lipo 380 mah S2 Mods. Motor Flip Noodle Wiring threw out Front link reverse for steering clearance Heat shrunk receiver/ECS 20 G of bird shot front tires only (no foam) The Pinch chassis is really well designed IMO SVEN hit it out of the park, if I had to choose just one thing I could do with a stock Micro it would be a SVEN "Pinch"  In these pictures I mounted my body posts to low, by using the bottom hole for the screw and it tore out don't do that. My fault you must use 3 holes for a strong post mounting I only used the bottom two.   I found that my circuit board holder made a great third hand for working on the rig.   My Shock set up. The gas tubing fits real tight and you can slice a little off to adjust spring tension. Then I found a really small tube and used small pieces to limit the over all movement.    Made a simple Velcro battery mount    Some body on shots.        Last edited by Stormin2u; 06-08-2012 at 02:49 PM. |
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11-28-2010, 08:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Milwaukee
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Look's awesome Norm, Great job.  |
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11-29-2010, 12:38 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Rapids
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nice build i see you used my spring mod check out my wheel weight setup coming soon on my thread ... and whyd you change the location of the shock mounts was it just for batt clearance? are the rox lox really that much better than losi claws i was thinkin about the rock crushers for mine but ive been sidetracked with my xr10 build Last edited by murderface; 11-29-2010 at 12:41 AM. |
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11-29-2010, 07:27 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: houston
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Looks great stormin, I really like the rear cage on there. I think I'm gonna have to build another one after seeing some of y'alls pinch chassis builds. What lipo are you using? How do you like the roclox?
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11-29-2010, 09:03 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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(Hey I just checked you build thread and you went one step further with a duel rate set-up mine is only a single.) I actually changed my shock locations based on my driving preference I like my rigs stiffer in the back and front than the stock holes allowed and that move made it right for me. It did give me a little more room for the Lipo but not very much.I have crushers as well mounted on RC4WD's pressed steel wheels all the tires are pretty equal imo. I posted some pictures of the Crushers on RC4WD wheels. The wheels were pretty involved to mount tiny (screws) but they look great.   Quote:
The Pinch is a awesome chassis I hope some of my crawling buddies who have driven this truck post up their opinions it works better than any Micro I've ever driven. I'm running Zippy Flightmax 380 2S. The Rox Lox are great looking but so are the Crushers they work about the same I'm going to sipe the Crushers so we'll see. I'm going to do a scaler next on springs just for show. Last edited by Stormin2u; 12-02-2010 at 09:03 AM. | |||
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11-29-2010, 09:51 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reno
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Nice build. Are those steelies avail. yet? Didn't see them on their site.
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11-29-2010, 11:20 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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I couldn't find them looks like they might have been replaced with these.  Nice looking wheel looks the offset might give a wider track? | |
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11-29-2010, 12:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Newport, South Wales
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From what I understand the steel beadlocks are no longer available. Those that have had them said it was a pain to mount the tyres due to the way they were designed. For the new wheels they are the same offset as the factory wheels, I might actually pick some of them up and do a review of them. Wasn't to keen on them at first and was going to go with the BWD wheels but they have grown on me and would fit really nice with the build I would like to do. Last edited by dockman; 12-02-2010 at 11:15 AM. |
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11-29-2010, 12:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Mounting the steel wheels was a bit of a pain and finding nuts to mount them with also took some creativity. The new RC4WD wheel is good looking I was hoping the offset might give a wider stance. The Vertex wheel is slightly wider than stock and tires mount themselves great set of wheels if you change tires a lot.
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11-29-2010, 08:22 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burnsville
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Very nice buld Norm! The color combos and that tuber top make it look like one of the 'big' crawlers.
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11-29-2010, 08:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Rapids
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big as in 1:1 or 1:10?? check mine out |
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11-30-2010, 08:41 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Here's a poser shot.   Quote:
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12-01-2010, 07:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reno
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Hey, a quick question. Are you using the rear or the front losi mini-t springs? I havn't got my truck yet to see the length. Thanks |
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12-02-2010, 08:28 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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The Micro T rear springs are the ones you want. Last edited by Stormin2u; 12-10-2010 at 09:37 PM. |
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12-02-2010, 04:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: In the mancave...
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very nice build here. did you make that rear roll cage? that thing is the cat @$$... |
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12-02-2010, 09:20 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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ecoli built some of these I'm not to sure how many. I've seen a few, JeremyH has one I found mine in the RCC for sale section. It really gives the stock body some attitude doesn't it? |
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12-03-2010, 04:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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still looks great Norm. I like the crushers too.. Quote:
I remember this shot I was standing just to the left. | ||
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12-03-2010, 05:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Hey Mike, thanks for posting your oppinion from your test drive. SVEN has a real nice design here with this Pinch chassis. Seriously if you only did one mod to a stock Losi Micro the Pinch is the biggest bang for the buck. | |
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12-03-2010, 07:15 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Newport, South Wales
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You and everyone else that has bought a Pinch have said so many good things about it I ordered one myself. Now if only someone would have some beadlocks in stock I would order them as well. While I think about it, what size heat shrink did you use on your ESC/RX? Thumbs up on your crawler btw, looking real good. Last edited by dockman; 12-03-2010 at 08:14 PM. |
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12-03-2010, 07:54 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Okinawa, Japan
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How capable are this little things?
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